Legal Opinion
United States v. Dwight A. Graham
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2003No. 01-4349PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Dwight A. Graham guilty of distributing 50 grams or more of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(l)(A)(iii). On appeal, Graham challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, statements made by the prosecutor during closing arguments, and the district court’s consideration of his prior conviction in sentencing him to a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s judgment and uphold Graham’s conviction and sentence.
I. BACKGROUND
On March 8, 2001, a federal grand jury…
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